Ibn Tufail
Philosopher, Inventor
1105 – 1185
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Who was Ibn Tufail?
Ibn Tufail was an Andalusian Muslim polymath: a writer, novelist, Islamic philosopher, Islamic theologian, physician, vizier, and court official.
As a philosopher and novelist, he is most famous for writing the first philosophical novel, Hayy ibn Yaqdhan, also known as Philosophus Autodidactus in the Western world. As a physician, he was an early supporter of dissection and autopsy, which was expressed in his novel.
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- Born
- 1105
Guadix - Religion
- Islam
- Ethnicity
- Arab people
- Berber people
- Nationality
- Spain
- Profession
- Died
- 1185
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on July 23, 2013
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